Barbour strikes back…

http://theconversation.com/what-was-missing-in-australias-1-9-billion-infrastructure-announcement-96723 

U.K.'s Economic and Social Research Council Research Data Policy Updated

The U.K.'s Economic and Social Research Council research data policy has been updated earlier in March this year.  This is clearly relevant to Australian researchers collaborating with researchers funded through the ESRC program.

"All data created or repurposed during the lifetime of an ESRC grant must be made available for re-use or archiving within three months of the end of the grant. Grant holders must provide metadata for resource discovery via the UK Data Service to maximise the discoverability of ESRC data assets."

http://www.esrc.ac.uk/about-esrc/information/data-policy.aspx

 

ARC's Presentation on ORCID, Open Access and Research Data

The Australian Research Council's recent presentation by Mr Justin Withers (Director, Policy and Integrity) reiterates ARC's support in the use of ORCID,  the commitment to the Open Access policy, and the commitment to maximize the benefits from ARC-funded research through greater access to research data.

http://www.arc.gov.au/sites/default/files/filedepot/Public/Media%20&%20Resources%20Centre/Presentations/2015_Presentations/p20150702_ORCID_UoN_JustinWithers.pdf

A Place to Stand: e-Infrastructures and Data Management for Global Change Research

Finalized: Tuesday, June 30, 2015

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A_Place_to_Stand-Belmont_Forum_E-Infrastructures__Data_Management_CSIP.PDF

 A_Place_to_Stand-Belmont_Forum_E-Infrastructures__Data_Management_CSIP.PDF

This final Community Strategy and Implementation Plan consists of a set of recommendations on how the Belmont Forum can leverage existing resources and investments to foster a more coordinated, holistic, and sustainable approach to the funding and support of global environmental change research. It results from a series of collaborative scoping activities, including a survey of the global change research community, conducted as part of an extensive 18-month international review by domain scientists, computer and information scientists, legal scholars, social scientists and other experts on the state of global data management, networking, computing, legal issues and governance. The Belmont Forum will consider these recommendations during its annual meeting in October 2015. Should the Belmont Forum decide to implement these recommendations, actions will begin thereafter. 

http://www.bfe-inf.org/document/place-stand-e-infrastructures-and-data-management-global-change-research

The culture of scientific research - Report

Throughout 2014, the Council undertook a series of engagement activities that aimed to inform and advance debate about the ethical consequences of the culture of scientific research.

The project aimed to explore the effects of a wide range of influences on scientific research, including funding mechanisms, publishing models, career structures and governance processes. This report summarises the findings of the project activities, which included a survey of almost 1000 scientists and others, and a series of discussion events at universities around the UK. A detailed analysis of the survey responses, a summary of the discussion events, and a background paper about the culture of scientific research in the UK are also available to download on this page.

http://nuffieldbioethics.org/project/research-culture/

Chief scientist urges strategic research funding

http://www.afr.com/p/national/chief_scientist_urges_strategic_4KUwNniIKVYirYgGOpuPEJ?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Outbrain_cpc

FYI. tab 10 on the interactive box lists 'Data Format' as one of the STEM Output cited sub-fields. And the bottom of the list outlines areas where Australia has higher citations than the US.